Hello Prayer Warriors!

Thank you so much for going on this journey with us. We covet your prayers and feel the prayer coverage every day.
This has been a difficult road to travel, but God has been so faithful to walk with us, and each of you have meant so much to our family. We do not underestimate the power of your prayers . Actually, this has been a much better week for Nancy in some ways including her just feeling better and getting a little appetite back.
We got back from LA Thursday night around 10:00 pm. This was our second trip and second round of the treatment they have for us. They are so professional and encouraging, and we are grateful the Lord opened this door for us. So we will continue with this protocol every two weeks for at least 3 more trips to LA. At that point they will evaluate how she is responding and make whatever adjustments to the protocol that are warranted. We are also grateful for the support and cooperation of our Oncologist Dr Ben Jones in Birmingham.

Again, we do not know what the end of this journey looks like, only God knows that, but we are trusting in His loving kindness and believing that all things are possible through Him. We continue to seek His complete victory over this evil disease.

Please continue to lift Nancy up to our Heavenly Father as she “sometimes gets weary” through this journey. Thank you again for fighting with us!

Blessing to all of you!

Hello Prayer Warriors!

Thank you so much for your prayers. Just wanted to share a quick update. We specifically asked for prayer about seeing a doctor in California. Well last night we got a call, and we have an appointment for treatment Tuesday morning at 9:00.
What an answer to prayer this is! Thank you so much for everything you are doing for us and most importantly praying that God would move on our behalf.

Blessings to all of you!

From Nancy and the Family

From the Family:

Hello Prayer Warriors!

We hope you are all well and that everyone had a wonderful 4th of July holiday.
We wanted to provide a brief update on Nancy as a few things have changed this past month. First of all, our opportunity with UAB is no longer viable. We were hopeful, but after all was said and done it appears that this was a little more out of the box than they were prepared to pursue. However, the opportunity with the biotherapy company is still a possibility. They are awaiting FDA approval for Nancy, so please pray that this would happen soon.

On a positive note, we have had some great success with getting her ammonia levels down. We attribute that to all of you who have continued to lift her up in prayer.

Overall, her scans last Monday showed the cancer continuing to spread. Specifically, it is spreading in the stomach lining which is causing Nancy great discomfort.

We still believe our God is a God of miracles. We ask that you would continue to persevere in your prayers for complete healing in her body.

We are grateful for all of you.

From the family:

As always, we continue to be grateful for all the texts, calls, and overwhelming support you all have shown our family during this time. It’s been a while, so we thought we’d give a little update on Nancy. The past few weeks she has had both good days and bad. Unfortunately, her ammonia level has risen causing confusion and extreme fatigue. We have been working with the doctors to get it down, but they said it could take a while.

In addition, her most recent scans done on June 10th showed increased cancer in her stomach lining. However, we were thankful to learn that the liver and pancreas remain mostly stable.

Even in the midst of pain, confusion and fatigue, Nancy continues to be her joking, lighthearted self. She has really enjoyed her visits from friends and continues to pray that God will use all of this for His glory.

We would ask all of you, her prayer warriors, to please pray that her ammonia level will stabilize quickly which would alleviate a lot of her symptoms. Continue to pray for complete healing which we have no doubt that our God can do, and also for wisdom to know the next steps we should take in this journey.

These next steps could include some procedures with UAB that would incorporate some surgery as well as ablations to her liver. Additionally, we are having discussions with a biotherapy company in California that is very encouraging. Please pray for God to guide us in the direction he wants us to take.

Blessings to you all.

Dear Friends,

Again, I thank you for your continuous prayers for me. This past week was my week for blood work and scans, as well as the doctor’s visit to discuss the results. To God be the glory, my scan results were unchanged from the last scan which was 5 weeks ago. Therefore, my cancer is currently not spreading and I am considered “stable.” We plan to continue with bloodwork every 2 weeks and scans every 4 weeks. This is so that we can make sure that the cancer does not suddenly take off and start growing unexpectedly.

We have such peace as we watch God work through His plan for my life. We are still amazed at the number of people who have encouraged us that they are praying daily for healing. Our lives are in God’s hands, but He has given us all the privilege of coming before His throne with our requests. What a God we serve!

Al and I want to thank all of you for everything you have done to demonstrate the love of God through your acts of service and gentle words of hope. We love you so much and we love our God who has brought you into our journey.

Thank you,

Nancy

Dear Prayer Warriors,

I want to give you a quick update on how things are going. Al and I stand amazed at our God, as we have seen Him raise up countless people to pray on my behalf. Those many prayers have lifted me up when I was too weak and tired to pray for myself.

If you recall, my CA 19-9 level (the primary marker for pancreatic cancer) was roughly 4100 before we left for MD Anderson. The next blood test after our return home showed that the CA 19-9 had dropped to 2856, which is a 30% drop. Just this week, another test indicated that the level had dropped even further to 1953, another 30%! We praise God for allowing us to have this encouraging news. My prayer has been to feel well enough to enjoy my family, friends and whatever ministry God has for me. I can tell you that in these last 2 weeks, I have felt much stronger and more like my old self. They have been the best 2 weeks since my cancer diagnosis and I am grateful for that.

In these coming days, please pray for my next CT scan, which is scheduled for the 18th of March. We are hopeful that the tumor will at least be stable, if not shrinking, given the encouraging news from my blood tests. I would also ask that you please pray for relief, as I am still having some pain in the abdominal area. We continue to be so grateful for all of your prayers and support.

Nancy

“May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in Him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.” – Romans 15:13